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| Richmond Pearson Hobson |
APRIL 7, 2005
Group plans bicycle ride to Montgomery for cancer: Local
radio personality Fred Kelley and at least 21 other cyclists will be “Peddlin’
for a Cure” next Wednesday to raise money for the American Cancer Society and
the Monroe County Relay for Life.
Kelley’s group will depart from the Lee Motor Co. parking
lot in downtown Monroeville Wednesday night at 9 p.m. and attempt to bike over
100 miles to the State House in Montgomery.
As of press time, the group has raised over $8,000 in
donations and sponsorships to help in the fight against cancer.
Last year, in the first-ever “Peddlin’ for a Cure” event,
Kelley and eight other riders biked 92 miles from downtown Monroeville to the
deck of the USS Alabama battleship in Mobile.
Excel holds on to No. 1: Excel, ranked No. 1 in the Class 2A
poll, completed Thomasville’s tournament last weekend with a 2-2 record,
leaving its overall record at 14-3 as of Monday.
Excel opened the tournament Friday evening with a 7-0 win
over Sweet Water, a Class 1A team, and followed it with a 14-7 loss to
Andalusia Saturday, a Class 4A team. On Saturday, the Panthers pounded Monroe
County, a Class 5A team, 17-8, and followed it with a 3-0 loss to the
Thomasville team, which was ranked No. 7 in Class 4A with a 12-4 record.
(Top Excel players that season included Brian Barlow,
Patrick Bowen, Toby Hilton, Josh House, Neil Hudson, Josh Morgan, Justin
Ridgeway, Justin Whatley and Blake White. Robbie Carpenter was Excel’s head
coach.)
45 YEARS AGO
APRIL 3, 1980
Rain swells river to 54.4: With the Alabama River level
already at 54.4 feet and more rain expected in the county Wednesday night and
early Thursday morning, a Claiborne Lock and Dam official is keeping a close
eye on the water level, but stops short of issuing a flood warning.
Lock and dam assistant resource manager Larry Reaves said
the river’s flood stage is 42 feet, and with the river at 12.4 higher, it has
already flooded some cabins in the Maiben Lake area, but he’s not planning on
issuing an evacuation notice.
Reaves said last year the river rose to a high of 55.4 feet,
flooding many Maiben Lake area cabins.
Two more MA seniors sign football grants: Two more members
of the 1979 Monroe Academy state championship football team have signed
scholarships to play football in Mississippi.
Larry Gaston and Davison Carter signed last week with Holmes
Junior College of Goodman, Miss., becoming the fourth and fifth Volunteers to
sign scholarships since the season ended.
Earlier, Jeff Tatum, Randall Norris and Tommy Owens signed
scholarships with the Mississippi Delta Junior College Trojans.
Chamber leaders: Officers and new directors of the Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce were installed by Monroe County Probate Judge Otha Lee Biggs March 24 at a banquet at Vanity Fair community house. They are John Rice, director; Tom Tippy, second vice president and director; Kenny Johnson, director; Bill Chance, director; Ed Smith Jr., director; Louie Hayles, president; and Dick Deas, first vice president and director.
70 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 1955
New Eating Place Will Open Here: Monroeville will soon have
another eating establishment under the ownership and operation of Frank Meigs,
Monroeville businessman.
The establishment, to be known as “The Wee Diner,” will be
located in downtown Monroeville and will have a “Teen-Age Room,” where the
younger people will be able to meet, eat and have their regular get-togethers.
The opening date will be announced later.
David Nettles Opens Law Offices Here: David Miller Nettles,
a native of Monroeville, began the practice of law here this week. His office
is located next to Snowden’s Barber Shop.
Mr. Nettles, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lee Nettles of
Monroeville, was graduated from the Law School of the University of Alabama in
August 1952. He has been in military service for the past two years.
RECEIVES PROMOTION: Richard G. Ivey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Ivey of Beatrice, was recently appointed assistant treasurer of the University of Rochester, N.Y., it was learned here this week. A graduate of Columbia University and U.S. Military Academy, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross before his capture by the Japanese at the fall of Corregidor. He was held a prisoner 39 months. He began his duties with the University March 1.
Murlen L. Ledkins, fireman, U.S. Navy, son of Mrs. Z.L. Ledkins of Frisco City, Ala., is serving aboard the radar picket destroyer, USS Vesole, in the Mediterranean.
95 YEARS AGO
APRIL 3, 1930
JUDGE B.M. MILLER OPENS CAMPAIGN HERE: Judge B.M. Miller of
Camden opened his active campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor of
Alabama at the court house here on Wednesday of last week.
The judge was among his friends, both personally and
politically, as was evidenced by the throngs that greeted him and the attention
and applause that was his throughout his speech.
In years gone by, Judge Miller was frequently in the courts
of this county in the practice of his profession, later serving a number of
years as Circuit Judge and a term of six years as associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE: I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Representative in the state legislature from Monroe County, subject to the action of the primary election of August 1930. – A.C. LEE
DEATH AGAIN VISITS OUR CITY: Our community was saddened
Tuesday morning by the news of the death of F.H. Melton, prominent citizen and
Treasurer of Monroe County.
He had been sick one week with pneumonia, and while it was
known his trouble was serious, yet as late as Monday afternoon the news from
his bedside seemed to offer hope of his recovery. But about three o’clock
Tuesday morning the final summons that eventually comes to all mankind came to
him and he was with us no more.
Brantley’s Cash & Carry Store of Frisco City offers special prices on groceries and almost everything needed in the way of eats. Mr. S.S. Brantley, manager of the store, is well known in this section.
120 YEARS AGO
APRIL 6, 1905
NOTICE: $350 Reward will be paid for the arrest and delivery in any jail for Will and Ed. Ptomey for attempting to murder Prof. Claude Hardy on his plantation March 13, 1905. – L.W. HARDY.
HOBSON TO LECTURE: A number of his local admirers have induced Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson of “Merrimac” fame to deliver one of his noted lectures in Monroeville, and his managers have designated Wednesday evening, April 12, as the date. The lecture will take place in the courthouse and seats are now on sale. Although a native Alabamian, few of our readers have had the opportunity of meeting and listening to Captain Hobson, hence no one who can possibly do so should fail to attend.
LOST CHILD: Great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of
Tekoa last Sunday on account of a little boy who became lost in the woods and
much uneasiness was felt for several hours until the little wanderer was found.
A little son of Mr. Evan Manning, age about five years, went
into the woods with several boys older than himself, when their dog jumped a
rabbit. The boys followed in pursuit, but the little fellow being unable to
keep up, was lost off from his companions and wandered about in the woods for
several hours.
The older boys returning from the chase discovered that
their companion was missing and reported the fact. The neighborhood was soon
alarmed and searching parties went in all directions. After several hours the
little boy was finally overtaken several miles from home and restored to the
arms of his half-distracted parents.
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